Academic/commercial collaboration

From:    Nick Gassman <[email protected]>
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On the other hand, there are a lot of bright people in academia, and
they are looking for things to research. They have time and some
resources. It seems a shame to me that industry can't somehow find a way
to collaborate, so that the academics still get to publish their papers
and do good research, but the results are also more directly applicable
to real issues.
...

Hi Nick

Given your comments, above, I thought you might be interested in my
situation... I am involved in a scheme whereby I am employed by a
University, but work in industry whilst studying part time for a PhD. Thus,
the work that I do is very relevant to the company, but also applicable (in
part) as academic research. The scheme is called TCS
(http://www.tcsonline.org.uk/) and it is not at all limited to the subject
of HCI - the aim of the scheme is technology transfer between Universities
and industry. It's also partially Government funded.

The scheme is primarily aimed at new graduates, which can be a downside - I
have several years of industry interaction design experience and an MSc
under my belt, and find some aspects of the scheme frustrating. There is
also quite a lot of paperwork and other checks and balances involved in the
scheme. However, if your company had some substantial research work in mind
that would benefit from academic input, it might be worth contacting your
local Universities or the TCS...

Hope that's useful,
Jesmond

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Jesmond Worthington
Usability Engineer
Dig Ltd
T: 0131 454 3358
www.dig.mu

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